I think you're right but for the wrong reason. Social media is insanely profitable, and when you anonymize that people wouldn't be as invested, so they want people in it personally and often.
I don't think it has to do with them compiling your information because it'd be easy for us to be outwardly anonymous on the web so no one you're interacting with has any idea who you are while still allowing those companies to track you in depth since they're behind the scenes. It's not like they need to know your real name to give you targeted ads.
It's not like they need to know your real name to give you targeted ads.
They don't need your real name, but it helps. If Google knows to who you are everytime you sign into your Google account, that's easier than just relying on IP address to target those ads.
Everyone can make an anonymous website. And anonymity has nothing to do with ads. You can allow people to post anonymously, without a username, so that they can't be doxxed, and still show them targetted ads.
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But the FAANGs don't want that because they can't make billions selling you ads and compiling your information.
I think you're right but for the wrong reason. Social media is insanely profitable, and when you anonymize that people wouldn't be as invested, so they want people in it personally and often.
I don't think it has to do with them compiling your information because it'd be easy for us to be outwardly anonymous on the web so no one you're interacting with has any idea who you are while still allowing those companies to track you in depth since they're behind the scenes. It's not like they need to know your real name to give you targeted ads.
They don't need your real name, but it helps. If Google knows to who you are everytime you sign into your Google account, that's easier than just relying on IP address to target those ads.
Everyone can make an anonymous website. And anonymity has nothing to do with ads. You can allow people to post anonymously, without a username, so that they can't be doxxed, and still show them targetted ads.
Oops, you've been DDOSed, better start paying cloudflare to keep your site up.
The old internet is dead and replaced with something worse.
There was no old internet without DDoS attacks.